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as in one
known but not named
I heard the news from a person who will remain anonymous
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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
a beautiful manuscript illuminated by an anonymous medieval monk
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Recent Examples of anonymous
An anonymous caller saw a police post on social media and gave a possible identification for the suspect as Marlena Velez.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
An anonymous caller who saw the post on social media subsequently contacted the police and gave the possible identification for the suspect as Marlena Velez and informed them of her social media profiles.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Senior Anfield figures, who remain anonymous to protect relationships, have insisted that contact with Abbas has been positive and is ongoing.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
The anonymous tip came via P3 Tips, a mobile app that can be downloaded on cellphones or accessed via the web to submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers programs and law enforcement agencies.
—Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
An anonymous caller who saw the post on social media subsequently contacted the police and gave the possible identification for the suspect as Marlena Velez and informed them of her social media profiles.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Senior Anfield figures, who remain anonymous to protect relationships, have insisted that contact with Abbas has been positive and is ongoing.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
The anonymous tip came via P3 Tips, a mobile app that can be downloaded on cellphones or accessed via the web to submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers programs and law enforcement agencies.
—Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymous
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.SI.com, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Sometime in the 1980s, unnamed parties donated the Lafayette Meteorite (named after its location) to Chicago’s Field Museum.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Hue and an unnamed friend, who was not arrested, got into a confrontation with four UC Berkeley students in the 2400 block of Telegraph Avenue.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Carter said her office doesn't track statistics on identifications but said usually one or two unidentified remains are ID'd each year through DNA testing.CBS News, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
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When the bodies of unidentified young men start to show up around the city, beaten and full of the anaesthetic lidocaine, DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Myles) and partner DI Lou Stanley (Scott) are on the hunt for the killer.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Anonymous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymous. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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